The term “Medicine Man” is used to describe traditional or spiritual healers among some indigenous peoples in different parts of the world. Skilled in the healing powers of natural/herbal remedies, these persons are highly respected members of their communities. Traditional healers are consulted to heal both physical and mental illnesses of individuals and the social, cultural or environmental issues within a community. The figure of the medicine man has been represented in numerous films, novels and other popular media often in sensational and eroticizing terms. Such representations have denied the complexity of the knowledge associated with healing, as well as the important role traditional healers played in many societies. Within the last few decades the term has been regarded by many as pejorative.